Awards and Accomplishments

Winning all four major championships-the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur-was known as the Grand Slam. Today the Grand Slam consists of the Masters Tournament, the Professional Golfer's Associ-ation (PGA) Tournament, the U.S. Open Championship, and the British Open Championship.

St. Andrews, Scotland, is home of the Old Course, said to be the founding place of golf.

1911

East Lake (Georgia) Junior Championship, at age 9

1916

Georgia State Amateur Championship; qualified in National Amateur Championship

1917

Southern Amateur Championship

1919

Runner-up, Southern Open Championship; runner-up, Canadian Open Championship; runner-up, National Amateur Championship

1920

Southern Amateur Championship; tied for eighth place in National Open; National Amateur Championship, medalist

1922

Southern Amateur Championship; tied for second place in National Open Championship

1923

Won National Open Championship after play-off; National Amateur Championship, medalist after play-off

1924

National Amateur Championship; National Open Championship, second place

1925

National Amateur Championship; National Open Championship, second place after play-off

1926

British Open Championship; U.S. Open Championship; U.S. Amateur Championship, medalist and runner-up

1927

British Open, won with new record score of 285; U.S. Amateur Championship, medalist and winner

1928

National Amateur Championship; U.S. Open Championship, second place after play-off

1929

Won National Open Championship in play-off; National Amateur Championship, co-medalist with Gene Homans

1930

Savannah Open Tournament, second place; won Southeastern Open; Golf Illustrated Gold Vase Tournament; British Amateur Championship; British Open Championship; U.S. Amateur Championship; U.S. Open Championship

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